Brian Vanden Brink is often chosen as architectural photographer by those in the world of residential design. He has been photographing award-winning architecture for three decades. Brian's name is synonymous with a respect for design and passion for light. His work has been featured widely in a variety of design and consumer publications such as Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Boston Globe Magazine, Coastal Living, Dwell, Design New England, Down East, Maine Home + Design, New England Home, New York Times Magazine, Photo District News, and View Camera Magazine. His photographs grace many books including his own At Home by the Sea: Houses Designed For Living at the Water's Edge, At Home in Maine: Houses Designed To Fit the Land, Historic Maine Homes, Ruin: Photographs of a Vanishing America and Porch. Ruin is a photographic study of abandoned architecture throughout the United States and earned a Photo District News 2010 Photo Annual award, as well as the 2009 New England Art Awards critics’ choice for Best Book in New England by The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research. Brian's new book ICONIC: Perspectives on the Man-Made World was released in 2012. Vanden Brink was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1951 and began his career in photography there more than thirty years ago. He moved to Maine in 1978 to attend the Maine Photographic Workshops and lives in Camden with his wife Kathleen.

Here's the information from our web site Event Calendar, please note the special date and time:

December 13 – 6:00 PM – Holiday Party – Mary Hartt will provide lasagna. Please bring salads, deserts, and your favorite non-alcoholic beverage. The theme for our party this year will be "Show and Tell." Have a photography tip or technique you would like to share? Or how about some photos that you are particularly proud of, and would like to talk about "how you did it?" Depending on the number of people who want to participate in this, you will have up to five (5) minutes to present something to the club after the dinner. You can bring digital images or prints to show as part of your presentation.

Please email Don or Jeanne if you are panning to bring something, so they can co-ordinate that. You can use the contact form to get in touch with them, or email them directly if you know their addresses.